The General (Spyforce Episode)

Infobox Television episode | Title = The General


Caption =
Series = Spyforce
Season = 1
Episode = 1
Airdate = August 2 1971 (Nine)
Production = Paramount Pictures
Writer = Ron McLean
Director = Roger Mirams
Guests =
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Prev = Spy Catcher
Next = Death Railway

"This page is about episode one of the Australian wartime espionage drama, Spyforce. For other uses, see: The General."

"The General" is episode one of the first series of the Australian wartime espionage drama, Spyforce created by Roger Mirams and Ron McLean. The series was about sabotage and covert operations by a secretive Australian intelligence organisation known as the Special Intelligence Unit. The episode builds upon the dislike, and distrust that the two main protagonists have towards each other.

Plot

"Warning! This is a summary of the plot of this episode, and may spoil the outcome."

Colonel Cato, the Commanding Officer of the Special Intelligence Unit, sends Erskine and his partner Gunther Haber to New Ireland to try and kidnap a German Officer who is working there with their Japanese Allies. It is vital the snatch goes according to plan, as Cato believes that the General is in possession of a list that contains the names of all German agents working in Australia. Erskine, who already has a strong dislike for his reluctant partner Haber, starts to distrust him even more when Haber, who is a German national, seemingly defects to the enemy.

Credits

CAST:
*Erskine - Jack Thompson
*Lt. French - Katy Wild
*Gunther Haber - Peter Sumner
*Col. Cato - Redmond Philips

Support:
*Jill Stewart - Anna-Maria Winchester
*Capt. Pollock - Bill Hunter
*Capt. Bergen - Stuart Finch
*Burrow - Max Cullen

CREW:
*Producer - Roger Mirams
*Director - David Baker
*Associate Producer - Ron McLean
*Music - Brian Rangott & Geoff Harvey
*Paramount Production Executive - Bruce Gordon
*Script - Ron McLean